Monument record 692 - ABHAINN HUKARVAT, SOUTH UIST

NF73NE 9 7782 3684 to 7786 3679.

At c.NF 7781 3682 and c.NF 7785 3677 on the E bank of Abhuinn Hukapvat, S of Loch Druidibeg are the remains of two similar grass-covered cairns of rubble-stones and earth, with outer edges defined by upright stones, maximium height 0.6m which appear to have been hewn square. The NW cairn 1.2m high has a slight depression in the centre possibly a chamber but it is obscured by a later shieling hut. A further shieling is situated to the NW at the base of the cairn. The SE cairn, 1.4m high, has a similar oval depression in the top, with an upright stone standing 0.5m above the turf to the E of the depression. A shieling has been constructed in the tumble NE of the cairn.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 14 May 1965.

Re-sited by topographical surveyors during map revision, at NF 7782 3684 and 7786 3679, after archaeological survey.
OS 1:10,000map, (1972)